Improving Healthcare Value: the Need to Explicitly Address Equity in High-Value Care.

Journal of Hospital MedicineEarly View CHOOSING WISELY®: NEXT STEPS IN IMPROVING HEALTHCARE VALUE Improving healthcare value: The need to explicitly address equity in high-value care Danni Liang MD, Corresponding Author Danni Liang MD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-9620 @dxl273 Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA CorrespondenceDanni Liang, MD, Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Email: [email protected]; Twitter: @dxl273Search for more papers by this authorSamantha A. House DO, MPH, Samantha A. House DO, MPH orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-4054 Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Health Children's, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USASearch for more papers by this authorChristopher Moriates MD, Christopher Moriates MD orcid.org/0000-0002-3153-2558 Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA Costs of Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USASearch for more papers by this author Danni Liang MD, Corresponding Author Danni Liang MD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-9620 @dxl273 Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA CorrespondenceDanni Liang, MD, Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Email: [email protected]; Twitter: @dxl273Search for more papers by this authorSamantha A. House DO, MPH, Samantha A. House DO, MPH orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-4054 Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Health Children's, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USASearch for more papers by this authorChristopher Moriates MD, Christopher Moriates MD orcid.org/0000-0002-3153-2558 Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA Costs of Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 17 January 2024 https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13280Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. 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